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Looks like VCU is NIT bound. Maybe. They just lost two in a row in conference play. Losing to Richmond wasn't bad but losing to Duquesne was another bad loss. They play Dayton to end their season on Friday in Atlantic 10 play. Only way they can dance is winning the conference tournament. As I said above, they've beaten all the leaders above them in the standings so it isn't far fetched.
The A-10 looks to have a minimum of three teams chosen for the tournament with the automatic bid and probably two At-Large bids going to a combination of either Dayton, Duquesne, Loyola Chicago and Richmond (all have RPIs in the mid-50s or above) or a bracketbuster like VCU, St Bonaventure or UMass winning the tournament maybe making it a four team pool.
Dayton dashed VCU's dreams right there. Dayton is ranked #25 so they are the favorites to go dancing. VCU dropped to 5th in the Atlantic 10. Only way they get to dance is win the tournament.
I'll add Cornell 17-3
Ivy League
Got votes for the Top 25 recently
Only losses to George Mason, Syracuse and Baylor all on the road.
Colgate 15-8
Patriot League
Has played a tough schedule and leads conference. A tough out that has made the Tournament 4 out of the last 5 years. Beat UVM
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I like Mississippi St to advance to the Final 4 out of the west. The potential is there with the players they possess. They are one of those “teams with potential” like it seems Kentucky most years now, who can go deep, or easily flame out in the first round. I’ll take that chance because the first thing I look for is not the sleeper team, but the region and the matchups. That west region 1-4 is the worst I’ve perhaps ever seen. UNC, Arizona, Baylor, and Alabama? Wow, just awful. The committee decided instead decided it wanted to give UCOnn a sweat once it reaches Boston next week.
I like Mississippi St to advance to the Final 4 out of the west. The potential is there with the players they possess. They are one of those “teams with potential” like it seems Kentucky most years now, who can go deep, or easily flame out in the first round. I’ll take that chance because the first thing I look for is not the sleeper team, but the region and the matchups. That west region 1-4 is the worst I’ve perhaps ever seen. UNC, Arizona, Baylor, and Alabama? Wow, just awful. The committee decided instead decided it wanted to give UCOnn a sweat once it reaches Boston next week.
I watched some of the SEC tourney while I was in Vegas, Baby, and I saw nothing impressive. Mississippi state was on my bracket to lose game one and they did.
I predict that by the end of the 3rd round, the SEC will not have a representative school left in the tourney.
Now if they would just fail at football, but since I do not watch or acknowledge or even pay any attention to SEC football, it does not matter I guess
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Yeah, Miss St was a risky pick I acknowledge. They could have come with an A game or an F game, no in-between. And we know which it ultimates was. Well at least Oregon showed today. I have them in the Elite 8- albeit they were a very small underdog to S Carolina. Ugly start for the SEC.
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Kentucky ouch. SEC ouch. Calipari has a lifetime contract at nine mil a year and UK fans aren’t too happy about it at this point. Zero trips to the sweet 16 since 2019. Losses in two of the last three tournaments to a 15 and a 14 seed.
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11 seeds also went 3-0 on the first day and I think there’s a high probability New Mexico upends Clemson on day 2. The 12 seed was once considered the seed that busted brackets most frequently, but it’s been taken over by 11 seeds, including many Final 4 appearances since 2006- George Mason, VCU, Syracuse, Loyola just off the top of my head.
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